Japan-U.S. Teacher Exchange Program

Print this Article | Send to Colleague

The application is now available for the 2014 Japan-U.S. Teacher Exchange Program for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). The program will provide 24 U.S. teachers and administrators with a fully-funded opportunity to travel to Japan to learn about ESD efforts and strengthen ESD curricula in both countries. ESD is "a vision of education that seeks to balance human and economic well-being with cultural traditions and respect for the earth’s natural resources," according to UNESCO.

Twenty-four teachers from Japan will also travel to the U.S. as part of the program. The U.S. and Japanese teachers will have the opportunity to meet in both countries to collaborate and work on joint ESD curriculum development. For more information or to access the application, please visit the program website at www.iie.org/esdteacher.

The Japan-U.S. Teacher Exchange Program for ESD is administered by Fulbright Japan and jointly funded by the Educational and Cultural Affairs Bureau of the U.S. Department of State and the Japanese Government’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.